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Poker Acronyms

Monday January 9, 2006

If you're just starting to play poker online or in casinos, you may encounter a listing like this: Sat, 7 PM, NLHE, $40+10, $20 RB first hour, $20 AO. While the first part is easy -- something is happening at 7 PM on Saturday -- the rest may look like alphabet soup. To figure out this and other listings, check out this list of commonly used poker acronyms and abbreviations. It's a good reference that should make it easy to decipher the code.

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